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LunchBoxHero
01-23-2012, 05:11 AM
Also below.... with a bit more detail:

Welcome Back Heroes and Happy New Year

We have some fun upgrades planned for the forum and database site for 2012. In the meantime, a heartfelt apology to our current users for downtime over the past weeks while we migrated to a new server and upgraded the forum software. I admit I could have handled it better but assure our loyal members that procedures are now in place to prevent such occurrences in the future.

However, the process “ain’t over yet” as you may notice some missing recent posts and attachments as we attempt to restore the forum to its former glory. Some post dates and links may be incorrect. These will be corrected over time.

Some threads (not all) simply would not restore automatically, going back a few months, but I have all information in the database and will be manually reentering these posts over the coming weeks. I may not be able to retrieve a few attachments, so if you find one of your posts is missing a picture or file, please edit and re-upload if you like.

Feel free to report any issues and we will work to fix it. In the meantime, please dive back in and thanks for all your support and contribution to the community thus far. With zero advertising and only word of mouth we have nearly 500 members and over 1000 posts dedicated to the 500 series format.

Thanks for all your support and there's lots more to come in 2012!

pan60
01-23-2012, 05:30 AM
sweet!
so glad we are up and running again!

LunchBoxHero
01-23-2012, 05:05 PM
sweet!
so glad we are up and running again!

tnx Pan60! me too! and happy new year to you.

this was a nightmare of unfathomable proportions.

Note to self: Never migrate servers, upgrade forum software, and switch hosts all at once again!

I coined a new term during the process... "Disastrophe" :-)

Eventually all will be as was, but there may be a couple of attachments that never reappear. It turns out it was a corrupt attachment that was one of the major problems in trying to rebuild the database.

pan60
01-23-2012, 05:29 PM
sounds like a nightmare!

LunchBoxHero
01-24-2012, 03:56 AM
OK I am going to track known issues here with the new forum, please add whatever you find.

1. Some missing posts (being restored manually over time)
2. Some smilies missing
3. Post counts (and links to older posts) may not work properly
4. A few missing attachments that were very large - fixed as they can be located.
5. Pan60's Avatar head is still bobbing from side to side (may not be fixable :-)